Preemptive Protection against Microsoft Excel Macro Validation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS08-014)
| Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2008-040 | |
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| Source: | Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-014 | |
| Industry Reference(s): | CVE-2008-0081 | |
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| Who is Vulnerable? Microsoft Excel 2000 Microsoft Excel 2002 Microsoft Excel 2003 prior to SP3 Microsoft Excel 2004 for Mac Microsoft Excel Viewer 2003 Microsoft Office 2000 Microsoft Office 2003 prior to SP3 Microsoft Office XP | ||
| Vulnerability Description A memory corruption vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Excel. Microsoft Excel is a popular spreadsheet application. A remote attacker could exploit this issue via a malformed Excel file. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow execution of arbitrary code on a target system. |
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Update/Patch Available Apply patches: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-014 |
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Vulnerability Details The vulnerability is due to a memory corruption error in Microsoft Excel that fails to properly validate macro information when loading malformed Excel files. An attacker can exploit this flaw via a specially crafted Excel file to take complete control over a vulnerable system. |
Protection Overview
By enabling this protection, SmartDefense will detect and block the transferring of malformed Excel files over HTTP. No update is required to address this vulnerability.
Users are protected against this vulnerability if the Protection against Microsoft Excel Code Execution addressed in CPAI-2008-012 has been applied.
To configure the defense, select your product from the list below and follow the related protection steps.